Sport and international development
by Beacom, Aaron Levermore, Roger
Investigating the capacity of sport to act both as a conduit for traditional development assistance activities and as an agent for change in its own right, this book argues that sport can contribute to the development process, particularly where traditional development approaches have difficulty in engaging with communities.
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- Full title :Sport and international development / edited by Roger Levermore, Aaron Beacom.
Summary
Investigating the capacity of sport to act both as a conduit for traditional development assistance activities and as an agent for change in its own right, this book argues that sport can contribute to the development process, particularly where traditional development approaches have difficulty in engaging with communities.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 276 p. ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780230542563, 0230542565
- oclc:ocn244652530
- Dewey Decimal:338.47796
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations List of Contributors Preface -- L. Read and J. Bingham Introduction -- Sport and Development: Mapping the Field -- R. Levermore and A. Beacom Sport-in-International Development: Theoretical Frameworks -- R. Levermore Sport-in-Development: Accountability or Development? -- F. Coalter A Delicate Balance: Major Sport Events and Development -- S. Cornelissen Disability Sport and the Politics of Development -- A. Beacom Dilemmas and Opportunities in Gender and Sport-in-development -- M. Saavedra On the Backs of Peer Educators: Using Theory to Interrogate the Role of Young People in the Field of Sport-in-development -- S. Nicholls Getting to Know You: Using Sport to Engage and Build Relationships with Socially Marginalized Young People -- T. Crabbe Southern Perspective on Sport-in-development: A Case Study of Football in Bamenda, Cameroon -- J. Fokwang Sport as International Aid: Assisting Development or Promoting Under-development in Sub-Saharan Africa? -- G. Akindes and M. Kirwan Conclusion Index.
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